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This month in EHP

By Ian Thomas

The federal government recently approved Shell’s oil-spill response plans for drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, setting the stage for exploratory drilling in the Arctic that could begin as early as July. The lead news story in the May issue of
Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/)
examines Shell’s plans for addressing oil spills in one of the most inhospitable regions on earth.

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